JOB CORPS “I’m a social person and enjoy meeting new people,” Jayvon said. “Helping out and making a difference in the community is much more beneficial than sitting in my dorm room playing video games…”
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Student leaders at Clearfield sponsor 12 children from the Christmas Box House
Clearfield Job Corps Student Leaders sponsered 12 children from the Chistmas Box house this year. Eight boys and 4 girls ranging in age from 2 to 12 years old were treated to dinner with the students before spending time making christmas ornaments in the arts and...
Northlands Job Corps Students Help Make the Holidays Fun
The holiday season in Vergennes, Vermont brings with it a long tradition of special celebrations. And for just as long, students from Northlands have been an active part of ensuring the festivities are successful full of fun…
Holiday Cheer brought to area children from Loring Job Corps Center student volunteers
On the evening of December 2, the Caribou Recreation/Wellness Center and the Caribou Chamber hosted their annual Tree Lighting and Gingerbread House making event that also included decorating gingerbread cookies and visiting Mr. & Mrs. Claus. Over 1000...
Northlands Facilities Maintenance Students Donate Their Talents to a Local Church
Northlands Job Corps Facilities Maintenance students lent their skills scraping, priming and painting the St. Peter’s Church Thrift Shop building in Vergennes, Vermont…
Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center Culinary Arts Students Help Serve Thanksgiving Day Dinner to the Homeless
The Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center Culinary Arts students very generously gave their time and energy on Thanksgiving Day by volunteering to help feed the homeless. The students joined with 700 other volunteers from around the area to help local homeless shelter Mel...
Culinary students donate time and gingerbread for good cause
Clearfield Job Corps culinary arts students recently made several gingerbread houses and gingerbread bee hives that they have donated for auction at the annual Festival of Trees in Salt Lake City Utah. All auction proceeds go directly to support the Primary Childrens'...
Making a Difference in Large Numbers
700 tee shirts were ordered for Westover Job Corps. Staff and students took part in over 16 different activities. Over two and a half days, fourteen teams completed community service projects. The teams consisted of staff and students together. Projects included...
Students from Schenck Job Corps CCC Find Ways to Honor Veterans
In honor of National Veterans Awareness Week, students from Schenck Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center thought of various ways to show their appreciation to veterans in all parts of the world. The students from the Education Elite committee completed several...
Masonry Student at Loring Job Corps Center complete sidewalk project.
As of today the sidewalk project which began in August at our center has been completed by our Masonry students and their instructor, David Tardie. This was a very rigorous project that involved raising the concrete above grade, making the sidewalks wider from 4’ to...
HBI Carpentry Students at Loring Job Corps Center build sheds for auctions and bird blind for U.S. Fisheries and Wildlife for Community Service projects
The HBI Carpentry students and their instructor, Mark Brewer, completed two, 8 x 12 storage sheds that have been be donated (one to Limestone Rotary and one to Presque Isle Youth Hockey Assoc.) for the endeavors of non-profit fundraisers. They are also in the...
Loring Job Corps Defenders post colors for Northern Maine Veterans Ceremony
LJCC Honor Guard Defenders unit participated in the Maine’s Veterans Ceremony November 11, 2011 at the Northern Maine Veterans Cemetery located in Caribou, Maine by posting colors. The event was cold and windy but our LJCC Color Guard students did not show any signs...
Northlands Students Clean Up Neighborhood
“It doesn’t really matter about getting noticed for doing this,” a student said. “What matters is that we took a little time for an activity worth doing.”
Volunteering at the Child Life Center
Several students from Long Beach Job Corps Center spent time with youth patients at the Child Life Center at Miller Children's Hospital in Long Beach, California. The students, who were were accompanied by their instructor on Friday, October 21, 2011, helped them...
Students Make a Difference with Head Start Children
A small group of Long Beach Job Corps students made a big difference at the Head Start/Early Head Start Center operated by the Long Beach Unified School District on Friday, October 21, 2011. The students, accompanied by a staff member, spent the morning with...
Boys and Girls Club Sparkles with the Help of Neighbors
Dozens of students from the Long Beach Job Corps Center walked a block away to their Make A Difference Day site with 3 of their respective academic instructors on October 21, 2011. The project at hand involved cleaning the Freeman E. Fairfield Boys and Girls Club....
Long Beach Facilities Maintenance Class Makes a Difference
The Long Beach Job Corps Center's Facilities Maintenance class was the first group to leave the center and the last group to return. They spent the day at the Euclid Rehab, a Habitat for Humanity project in Lynwood, California, as one of several Make A Difference Day...
Long Beach Job Corps Students Help New Community Partner
Mr. Ronnie Schaffer, Long Beach Job Corps Center's Automotive Instructor, took students to the American Gold Star Manor in Long Beach, California to perform a clean up and storage activity that will make room for a needed medical screening room. The project was one of...
Safe Step Creating Future March
SGA joined a Safe Step Creating Future march hosted by the Department of Transit Security, The Municipal Police and The City of Arecibo. The purpose of this walk was to exhort the community the importance of the civic, courtesy and justice values. Our participation...
Make a Difference Day
Above pictured is Charles Dowdell with his new puppy friend! Pinellas County Job Corps Center participated in the national Make a Difference Day on October 22, 2011. PCJCC participated in 4 different projects. We had 6 staff and 28 students participate. Pinellas...